CLIMATE CHANGE | Nitrous oxide emissions from rice farms may speed up global warming: study
WASHINGTON -- A study published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showed that rice farming...
TECH NEWS
TECH NEWS | China develops new generation of intelligent subway train
CHANGCHUN, CHINA -- China's leading train maker released its next-generation subway train that is more intelligent and energy-saving at a...
TECH NEWS | Chipset released for high-speed visible light communication
CHONGQING, CHINA -- China has developed a commercial-grade high-speed visible light communication chipset. Visible light communication utilizes LED to transmit...
SOCIAL SCIENCE | Infants can tell apart leaders and bullies: study
WASHINGTON -- A study published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showed that 21-month-old infants...
NATURE | Australian Antarctic Division to search for ‘million year ice core’
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-- Australia's Antarctic program has announced that they will soon receive a new fleet of heavy tracked vehicles to...
CLIMATE CHANGE | Insect activities due to global warming cause more crop losses: study
WASHINGTON -- American researchers found that climate change was expected to accelerate rates of crop loss due to growth of...
GLOBAL WARMING | Most land-based ecosystems at high risk of major transformation due to climate change: study
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- Without dramatic reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions, most of the planet's land-based ecosystems, from forests and grasslands to...
TECH NEWS | Robots patrol city pipes to detect defects
HEFEI, CHINA -- A six-wheeled robot travels underground in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, to detect warning signs...
SCI-TECH | Scientists map out opium poppy genome
WASHINGTON -- Chinese, British and Australian scientists have determined the DNA code of the opium poppy genome, uncovering key steps...
SCI-TECH | Gene editing technique halts Duchenne muscular dystrophy in dogs
WASHINGTON -- American scientists have for the first time used gene editing technology to halt the progression of Duchenne muscular...